Mainstream consumer media like Gizmodo still don’t seem to realize that professional smart home installation is an option compared to DIY.

Modern homeowners are looking for more than basic home protection, and solutions such as paid car crash detection and emergency response products show RMR potential for integrators.

Arizona-based Desert Valley AV adds electrical division, and expands geographically into California with strategic purchase of Audio Concepts.

Because to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, integrators are uniquely positioned to learn many lessons related to smart home technology now that sales and installations have skyrocketed.

Thanks to a $450M investment by Google, ADT and Google will now offer new smart home security technologies for both integrators and DIY enthusiasts.

Former DIY smart home darling Wink reverses course and requires users to pay $5 per month or their systems will be disabled by May 31.